DiCaprio's One Battle After Another leads Golden Globe with 9 nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio's latest film One Battle After Another is leading the charge into Hollywood's award season, after receiving nine nominations for this year's Golden Globes on Monday.

The movie, about the kidnap of a former revolutionary's daughter, is nominated for best musical/comedy film - while DiCaprio and his co-stars Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro and Chase Infiniti are all up for acting awards.

Multi-language family drama Sentimental Value is close behind with eight nods, while the other acting nominees include Dwayne Johnson, Timothee Chalamet and Wicked: For Good's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

But the Wicked sequel missed out on a best film nomination, despite its box office success.

The Golden Globe winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 11 January, a key date during the build-up to the Oscars in March.

An adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet, vampire drama Sinners, and Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein are also among the nominees.

As expected, Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are recognised in the acting categories for their roles in Hamnet.

Chalamet is nominated for his portrayal of table tennis player Marty Mauser in sports biopic Marty Supreme.

George Clooney received his 14th Globe nomination for his leading role in Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, about an ageing Hollywood actor grappling with his life choices, while co-star Adam Sandler got a supporting actor nod.

Emma Stone is up for her role in conspiracy theory black comedy Bugonia, which got three nominations, including one for her co-star Jesse Plemons.

It is a strong year for international films. Aside from Norway's Sentimental Value, there was support for Iranian director Jafar Panahi's It Was Just An Accident, about a man who sets out to get his revenge on the former intelligence officer who tortured him in prison.

The Palme d'Or winner has four nominations, while fellow foreign language films The Secret Agent and No Other Choice have three apiece.

One Battle After Another has 9 nominations, Sentimental Value 8, Sinners 7, Hamnet 6, Frankenstein 5, Wicked: For Good 5, while It Was Just an Accident received 4.

Source: BBC